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CA2931837A1
CA2931837A1 CA2931837A CA2931837A CA2931837A1 CA 2931837 A1 CA2931837 A1 CA 2931837A1 CA 2931837 A CA2931837 A CA 2931837A CA 2931837 A CA2931837 A CA 2931837A CA 2931837 A1 CA2931837 A1 CA 2931837A1
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needle
safety clip
syringe
elongate sheath
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Larry MINIX
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METIER MEDICAL Ltd
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61MDEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M5/00Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests
    • A61M5/178Syringes
    • A61M5/31Details
    • A61M5/32Needles; Details of needles pertaining to their connection with syringe or hub; Accessories for bringing the needle into, or holding the needle on, the body; Devices for protection of needles
    • A61M5/3205Apparatus for removing or disposing of used needles or syringes, e.g. containers; Means for protection against accidental injuries from used needles
    • A61M5/321Means for protection against accidental injuries by used needles
    • A61M5/3216Caps placed transversally onto the needle, e.g. pivotally attached to the needle base
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61MDEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M5/00Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests
    • A61M5/178Syringes
    • A61M5/31Details
    • A61M5/32Needles; Details of needles pertaining to their connection with syringe or hub; Accessories for bringing the needle into, or holding the needle on, the body; Devices for protection of needles
    • A61M5/3205Apparatus for removing or disposing of used needles or syringes, e.g. containers; Means for protection against accidental injuries from used needles
    • A61M5/321Means for protection against accidental injuries by used needles
    • A61M5/3216Caps placed transversally onto the needle, e.g. pivotally attached to the needle base
    • A61M2005/3217Means to impede repositioning of protection cap from needle covering to needle uncovering position, e.g. catch mechanisms

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a safety clip for needles. The present invention is adapted for Incorporation as a standalone item, or integrated with a needle, or with a needle and syringe. The standalone safety clip (10) is comprised of an attachment collar (20), elongate sheath (30) and hinge (40). The attachment collar (20) has a central aperture (60) for attaching the hub of a syringe or the collar of a needle base. Attachment collar (20) is further comprised of slots (60) which engage ramped tabs (70) of the elongate sheath, such that when inserted onto the hub of the syringe or collar of the base of the needle, the elongate sheath (30) is able to be pivoted from a first position In which the needle Is exposed and able to be used, and a second position in which at least, the needle tip is sheathed in a longitudinal channel (90) of the sheath (30) such that the user Is unable to be pricked by the needle, and wherein when placed into the second, sheathed position, the user is prevented from returning the elongate sheath to the firs!, exposed position by virtue of the ramped tabs (70) becoming locked into place by the slots (60).

Description

A SAFETY CLIP
TECHNICAL FIELD
The field of the present invention lies in medical devices and particularly, safety devices to minimise the risk of need lestick injuries, BACKGROUND ART
Medical staff need to routinely administer pharmaceutical products or withdraw bodily fluids by way of a hypodermic needle inserted into the body of the patient. These staff must dispose of the used needles in a safe and effective manner. Whilst containers have been in use to accept used needles and syringes, the containers do not address the risks to the medical staff after the injection or withdrawal of fluids and before the needle and syringe is inserted into the container.
In order to address this problem, certain sheaths and/or safety dips have been devised to be attached to the needle and/or syringe. However these clips have suffered problems with reliability and have not been taken up by the medical sector it is an object of the current invention to substantially ameliorate some of the deficiencies of the prior ad.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
In a first aspect of the invention there is provided a safety clip for a needle, the safety clip comprising:
-syringe and or needle attachment means for securing the safety clip to either a hub of a syringe or the collar of the base of a needle;
-elongate sheath portion featuring a longitudinal channel along at least one side of the elongate sheath portion:
-pivoting means operable between the attachment means and the elongate sheath;
2 -a permanent and secure locking structure;
such that when inserted onto the hub of the syringe or collar of the base of the needle, the sheath is able to be pivoted from a first position in which the needle is exposed and able to be used, and a second position in which at least, the needle tip is sheathed in the longitudinal channel such that the user is unable to be pricked by the needle, and wherein the permanent and secure locking structure is operable such that when pieced into the second, sheathed position, the user. is prevented from returning the elongate sheath to the first, exposed position.
Preferably the permanent and secure locking structure is comprised of at least receiving portion on the attachment means, and at least one inserting portion located on the elongate sheath, where the insetting portion is adapted to be locked into the receiving portion permanently once received.
More preferably the receiving portion comprises at least one slot and the inserting portion at least one tab featuring at their distal end that inserts into the at least one slot, a ramp forming a recess, whereupon the user is able to push the ramp end of the tab through the at least one slot and where the ramp and recess prevents the at least one tab from being withdrawn from the at least one slot, Alternatively, in a ,second embodiment of the invention, the inserting portion comprises one or more mushroom shaped projections and the receiving.
portion comprises one or more apertures through which the one or more mushroom shaped projections are inserted:
Preferably the one or more apertures have retaining portions located within to prevent the mushroom shaped projections from being removed from the aperture.
Still more preferably the elongate sheath, when used to enclose a needle, encloses the needle completely from one side including the tip.

In a third embodiment of the invention there is provided a needle incorporating a safety clip according to the first aspect of the invention, and a needle, in a unitary construction.
In a fourth embodiment of the invention there is provided a .synnoe with needle, wherein the syringe with needle comprises a syringe, needle.< and a safety clip according to the first aspect of the invention, in unitary constructionõ
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Reference is now made to the figures which depict:
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the first embodiment of the safety clip;
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal cross section of the first embodiment of the safety clip;
Fig, 3 is a longitudinal side view of the first embodiment of the safety clip;
Fig. 4 is a top view of the first embodiment of the safety clip;
Fig 5 is a plan view of the pivoting end of the first embodiment of the safety clip;
Fig. 6 is a bottom longitudinal view of the first embodiment of the safety Fig. 7 is a is a plan view of the non pivoting end of the first embodiment of the safety clip;
Fig 8 is a bottom view of the second embodiment of the invention.;
Fig, 9 is a side view of the second embodiment of the invention;
Fig 10 is a further side view of the second embodiment: of the invention:
Fig. 11 is a side view of the second embodiment of the invention in which the safety clip is fixed in the first position.
BEST _MODES FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Prior art safety sheaths, clips and covers have suffered from several problems as set out in the background to the invention.

The present invention is adapted to be used with either a syringe which may have a detachable needle inserted thereafter, or a needle alone, whereupon the assembly of needle and safety clip can be inserted onto the hub of a syringe. In alternate embodiments, the safety Clip may form a portion of a combined syringejolipineedle assembly or may beseparate to a combined syringelneedle, Referring to Fig 1 there is depicted a safety clip 10 which is comprised of an attachment collar 20, elongate sheath 30 and hinge 40. The attachment collar 20 has a central aperture 50 through which either a hub of a syringe or the collar of the needle base is inserted and maintained in place through friction or alternatively via locking means. Attachment-collar 20 is further comprised of slots 60 which engage with tabs 70 of the elongate sheath 30. The elongate sheath also has an elongate channel 90 for receiving a needle, In use, the safety clip 10 can be configured to be in one of two positions about the hinge 40. In a first position, the needle is exposed and the slots are not engaged with tabs 70. The safety clip 10 can be configured to be in a .second position by pivoting the elongate sheath at the hinge such that the channel 90 encases the needle and with the application of pressure, causes the tabs 70 to be received or inserted into slots 60. Tabs 70 have a ramped portion 70 which at its thickest point, is slightly thicker than the width of the slot 60, such that the ramped portion needs to be pushed into the slot where it is prevented from being removed from the slots 60 due a recess 110.
The elongate sheath also has retaining tabs 80 which retain the encased needle within the sheath. Retaining tabs are formed as projections from one or either side of the channel 90 which are temporarily displaced when the needle is initially inserted into the recess 00, and thereafter are angled such that they prevent the needle from being dislodged out of the elongate sheath 30, In an alternate embodiment, as shown in Fig, 8, the attachment collar 20 has apertures 120 containing retaining members 130 which engage with mushroom shaped projections 140 which are located On the elongate sheath.
The retaining members 130 are shaped to allow the mushroom shaped 5 projections 140 to enter the apertures 120 and the shape of the mushroom shaped projections 140 prevent their removal from the apertures 120.. This embodiment as depicted in Figs. 8 to 10 also depict a second locking mechanism comprised of locking members 150 and 160 which operate to retain the safety clip 10 in the first, open position, where the needle is not encased such that clip is retained against, in use, the barrel of the syringe, so as to prevent it from obscuring the view of the user of the device when giving .an injection or removing bodily fluids, as depicted in Fig, 11. This locking mechanism does not form a permanent lock, but rather, a temporary fixation that can be released with minimum force.
The safety clip 10 of the present invention can be provided on its own so that it can be used with any standard syringes that have iuer locks or luer slip locks. Alternatively, the safety clip can be incorporated into a kit comprising a safety clip 10 and a syringe. In such case the syringe and safety dip 10 can be made as .a single component. Alternatively the safety clip 10 can be provided in a kit with a needle only. in such cases the needle and safety clip 10 can be made as a single component and attached to any standard luer lock or luer slip syringe. In a further embodiment, the safety clip may he provided as an assembly of a safety clip and a combined (unitary) syringe and needle. In such cases the safety clip may be incorporated into the construction of the combined (unitary) syringe and needle.
Various modifications will be apparent to the person skilled in the art where such variations and within the scope of the present invention, INDUSTRIAtõ APPLICABILITY
The present invention has industrial' applicabty in the fields of manufacturing and medical devices. Any description of the prior art is not to be taken as an indication or admission that it forms part of the common general knowledge in Australia or anywhere else.

Claims (8)

CLAWS:
1. A safety clip for a needle, the safety clip comprising:
-syringe and or needle attachment means for securing the safety clip to either a hub of a syringe or the collar of the base of a needle;
-elongate sheath portion featuring a longitudinal channel along at least one side of the elongate sheath portion;
-pivoting means operable between the attachment means and the elongate sheath;
-permanent and secure locking structure;
such that when inserted onto the hub of the syringe or collar of the base of the needle, the sheath is able to be pivoted from a first position in which the needle is exposed and able to be used, and a second position in which at least, the needle tip is sheathed in the longitudinal channel such that the user is unable to be pricked by the needle, and wherein the permanent and secure locking structure is operable such that when placed into the second, sheathed position, the user is prevented from returning the elongate sheath to the first, exposed position.
2. 'The safety clip of claim 1 wherein the permanent and secure locking structure is comprised of at least receiving portion on the attachment means, and at least one inserting portion located on the elongate sheath, where the inserting portion is adapted to be locked into the receiving portion permanently once received.
3. The safety clip of claim 2 wherein the receiving portion comprises at least one slot and the inserting portion at least one tab featuring at their distal end that inserts into the at least one slot, a ramp forming a recess, whereupon the user is able to push the ramp end of the tab through the at least one slot and where the ramp and recess prevents the at least one tab from being withdrawn from the at least one slot.
4. The safety clip of claim 2 wherein the inserting portion comprises one or more mushroom shaped projections and the receiving portion comprises one or more apertures through which the one or more mushroom shaped projections are inserted.
5. The safety clip of claim 4 wherein the one or more apertures have retaining portions located within to prevent the mushroom shaped projections from being reamed from the aperture,
6. The safety clip of any of claims 1 to 6 wherein the elongate sheath, when used to enclose a needle, encloses the needle completely from one side including the tip.
7. A needle wherein the needle comprises a safety dip according to any of claims 1 to 6 and a needle in a unitary construction;
8. A syringe with needle, wherein the syringe with needle. comprises a syringe, needle, and a safety dip according to any of claims 1 to 6.
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